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Three Batter Minimum: Expansion Fandom

As per usual for me, the other day I was sitting around thinking about baseball-related stuff. One of the ideas that jumped to the front of my mind was a simple yet hard to answer question; what do expansion teams mean to baseball fandom? Specifically, is it okay to jump your fandom from one team […]

Posted on March 19, 2021March 14, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Pepe Perico ready to beat someone down
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Three Batter Minimum: Mascots

If there’s one thing in the baseball world I would think we could all agree on it would be mascots. Yet, every once in a while I come across someone who is very much in the anti-mascot camp. I do not claim to understand these people, nor do I really want to understand them. I […]

Posted on March 12, 2021March 7, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Three Batter Minimum: Her First Game

It recently dawned on me that due to various circumstances, like the Coronavirus, this summer may be the first time I take my youngest daughter to a baseball game. I hadn’t given this much thought, but when trying to plan out some summer activities the other day I realized, “Man, I may actually be able […]

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Ángel Ventura on the mound for the Milwaukee Milkmen
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Three Batter Minimum: Player to Be Named Later

For the most part, the unaffiliated baseball world is a very organized one. The years of it being this wild and crazy place where surprising stuff happens all the time ended long ago. They play professional baseball, the same as the affiliated leagues. There’s nothing truly zany about the way unaffiliated baseball leagues and teams […]

Posted on February 19, 2021February 14, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Yadiel Hernández celebratings coring a run for Naranjeros de Hermosillo
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Three Batter Minimum: A Little Action, Please

Game five of the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico finals, top of the eighth inning, Naranjeros de Hermosillo and Tomateros de Culiacán knotted at three runs a piece, runners on first and third, one out, Hermosillo is leading the series three games to one, and perennial all-star Victor Mendoza is up to bat. It is in […]

Posted on February 5, 2021February 1, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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